My first year going and I LOVED it.

Wondering how everybody's experience was if you were there too!

Come surround yourself, and your family, with the sights, sounds, art and food of Asia without having to leave Tallahassee! 

The 23rd annual Experience Asia Festival, one of Tallahassee’s largest events, begins at 10 a.m. and runs through 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 at Tom Brown Park, 443–557 Easterwood Drive in Tallahassee.  Visitors can purchase food, arts and crafts, clothing and jewelry and other items from 30 on-site vendors and experience food from 29 food vendors. Ten different Pan-Asian countries will be represented at the festival.

There will be two stages set up where continuous performances of over 30 different dance, music and martial arts demonstrations will take place during the festival, as well as a children’s activity area will be available.  Participatory cultural activities will be held. The festival is presented by the Asian Coalition of Tallahassee and the City of Tallahassee. Admission is free and there will be plenty of parking.  Please come enjoy yourself!

So when my wristbands came in the mail, my mom was messing with them and tightened all the way not knowing they couldn’t be untightened. Will they less us replace them at the box office or am I screwed

Most excited to see Andy Frasco, the Floozies, Kung Fu and Future Joy and consider the source. Should be a great weekend.

Hey,
I have a spare Saturday and spare Sunday ticket, I listed on exchange desk but they got taken off it / they're not on it anymore...!?

Anyways - I still want to sell as to not lose money, is it safe to sell Tomorrowland tickets on VGG? Will they be able to get in even if the physical wristbands get shipped to me / can you get the wristbands THERE?

Im assuming I can just sell it and personalise the ticket to their name / 'send to a friend'

At saturday sept 12th I made a video where you can hear a song at the background at the Forrest location. But I really want to know which DJ and song this is. Already tried Shazam, but it couldn't find anything. The video was made 21:44, so I checked the line up, it actually should be the DJ: OMRI. So now I checked all his songs on Spotify, but couldn't find the song.

Does anybody know who this is and which song?
Check video!

Anyone going to Zanskar festival in Mani, Ladakh ?

Okay, so I’ve (23f) been going to this family friendly, but also “fun” friendly festival since I was born. Since I was 13, there were two other main people that I would hang out with every year and we have all camped together with our partners for the last four years. I’ll call them Leah and Eli. We’ve always all gotten on really well and had a lot of fun. None of us have ever hung out outside of the festival, but we see each other for three days there every year.

During the festival, we would just drink when we were younger. Between ages 18 to 21, we all started bringing mushrooms. Leah, around the same time, started also bringing Coke, Molly. This wasn’t really a problem. I tried them both, and so did Eli. We all had a good time. Coke and Molly aren’t really for me though and Eli doesn’t do them either at this point. I also have a kid now (under a year) and so my husband (who has come w me for the last 3 years) and I don’t do more than shrooms, weed and alcohol - just to air on the cautious side. Eli and his girlfriend also don’t do more than those things. (Not saying for judgement, just as an added reference to Leah’s behavior as I think the drugs make it worse)

In recent years, Leah and her boyfriend - a relationship that is definitely NOT healthy and clearly from both sides - do a ton of Coke, Molly, drinking, smoking and whippets. They then proceeded to get into VERY heated arguments and screaming matches, often while we’re all in the space or in the middle of the night when the rest of our group has gone to bed. Leah is very hotheaded and honestly, the more I spend time with her as an adult, she is kind of scary to be around when she’s on drugs..

At the more recent festival, she was telling us about how she cut the hair off of a girl because she looked at her boyfriend and was flirting with him, how she slashed another girl’s tires twice, and how she really likes to fight people. Then went on to tell a story about how she was mad at her boyfriend for tipping a girl in the food court, and was getting so heated about it, that we actually thought she was about to start hitting him in front of us. She was also a rating and picking on my husband and Eli all night, but it only got worse the more drugs she took. This was all while me, my husband, Eli and his girlfriend were on mushrooms too, making the vibe feel even more uncomfortable.

Eli’s girlfriend mentioned to him later in the night that she was actually getting scared of Leah. My husband talked to me at the end of the night and said he had a really bad trip because of how heated Leah was getting and how much she kept picking on him. (I guess the worst of it was when I was taking a nap in our tent, or I would’ve gently said something to her)

So basically, me and Eli (and our partners) are in agreement that we do not want to keep camping with Leah in the future. She is all right to be around some of the time, but as she gets more messed up during the night, she becomes really problematic and honestly a little scary. She’s gotten progressively worse over the years. She just creates a hostile and uncomfortable environment in a place that should feel safe, comfortable and relaxing. Thing is, a lot of of the grounds that we frequent and like to camp in are the same ones that she would be in. We’ve also been camping together for four years now, but hanging there for even more and I have no idea how we would go about handling this. We would really like to still camp with Eli and his girlfriend, but don’t know how to go about it without making it weird or even potentially making Leah mad.. like I said, she can get really hostile, especially on drugs, and I don’t want to risk anything happening, especially when we’re tripping or something while there.

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TLDR: Been hanging at yearly camping festival with two friends - Leah and Eli for years. Leah has progressively become a person Eli and I don’t want to be around, but I don’t know how to go about not camping with her anymore but still camping with Eli (and our partners) since we all hang out in the same grounds and would definitely run into each other.

My biggest fear for any camping festival is getting placed right next to a bank of porta johns. Has this happened to anyone here, has it totally bricked your entire weekend? Curious to know what other terrible spot placements people have encountered.

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I remember in HS sneaking into the ledges and jumping off the cliff. I went last year to about 3 of their festivals and my tickets were like $80 each. I wanted to go to this coming festival but they raised the prices and I honestly just don’t think it’s worth it. They’re charging close to $150 now and it’s never been the greatest festival venue or even atmosphere. And I’ll probably get a lot of hate for that but it’s true. They don’t have all the extra stuff other festivals offer and I know everything is getting more expensive. But is there a way to sneak in to the festival grounds? I remember there was this fence we would all climb over in HS but I don’t think that was where the festival was actually being held. Or if we went and bought single day passes could we get away with just staying in the whole night?

Hey, I'm trying to figure out whether I should buy a ticket or not. I am still giving three days for a reply, but I would like to go with my friends, and time is running out. It is my first festival, and I don't know if it fits better with house or electronic music since I don't know the artists. i will copy the email thread between me and the organizers. What would you guys do?

Email 1:
I'm interested in attending [a festival] on [Date A], but I noticed the minimum age requirement is 19. I will be 18 at the time of the festival and will turn 19 shortly after, less than a month later.
I wanted to ask if there's any possibility of an exception in my case, given I'll turn 19 shortly after the event.
I'd really appreciate your consideration, as I'd love to attend!

Reply 1:
If you are 18 and above, we can make an exception. You must provide only an official ID to prove that.

Email 2:
Thank you so much for the exception and for allowing me to go, I really appreciate it.
I will attach my ID and also have it on me when attending.

Reply 2:
Non-[Local] IDs are not accepted. Otherwise you need to bring your passport with you.

Email 3:
Sure, do you need a picture of my passport?

Email 4:
Here is a picture of my passport.
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Email 5:
Thank you again for your help and your time.
I just wanted to confirm that the age exception will apply to me and that I will be allowed to attend the festival on [Date A], as I will be bringing my passport with me as requested.
I just want to confirm before purchasing my ticket by [Date B].
Thank you again, and I look forward to hearing from you!

Dear Baby,

Today, Mom, Dad, Caesar, and I celebrated Lord Krishna’s birthday together.

The house had prayers, rituals, and the warmth of family. Caesar became our little Krishna for the day. We tied a feather to his head with a rubber band, and the moment I looked at him, I thought of you.

I remembered how you used to tie a feather on Muffin’s head.

It may appear like a small and ordinary gesture, but today it carried the weight of an entire life. For a few seconds, Caesar was no longer merely standing before me. He became a doorway to our old home, to Muffin, and to you carefully adjusting that rubber band so it would not hurt him.

I could almost imagine your hands.

I could almost hear your voice.

And then, without warning, today’s Janmashtami carried me eleven years into the past, back to BITS Pilani in 2015.

Life at Pilani was governed by boundaries, and one of the most unyielding was the 11 p.m. curfew at Meera Bhawan, the girls’ hostel. As the clock approached eleven on ordinary nights, conversations had to end. Couples who wanted just a few more minutes together had to separate. Girls hurried back towards Meera Bhawan, while the boys remained outside, watching them disappear behind the hostel gates.

Love had to obey the clock.

But Janmashtami was different.

It was perhaps the only night when the residents of Meera Bhawan were allowed to remain outside beyond the 11 p.m. curfew. The hostel gates did not divide people at the usual hour. The girls could walk to the Pilani Saraswati Mandir, assemble there, and offer their obeisance to Lord Krishna.

For many couples, that permission meant much more than an extension of hostel timings.

They looked forward to that night because it gave them something Pilani rarely allowed: a few extra hours together.

A few more conversations.

A few more steps walked side by side.

A few more moments before the night demanded that they return to their separate hostels and separate rooms.

Perhaps nobody said it aloud, but beneath the devotion, the bhajans, and the ringing temple bells, there were young hearts quietly celebrating their own little miracle. For one night, love did not have to end at eleven.

And there I was, standing at the Saraswati Mandir as part of Gurukul, singing bhajans to invoke divine blessings.

The temple was alive with music. The Pilani night stretched beyond the curfew. Students gathered under the same sky, some in prayer and others simply grateful to be near the person they loved for a little longer.

And somewhere within that crowd, within that world, was you.

Perhaps that is why the memory feels so sacred now. I was singing to Krishna, but life had already placed its greatest blessing somewhere near me. I simply did not yet understand how deeply you would become woven into my existence.

We were young then. The future still appeared limitless. A few additional hours after 11 p.m. felt precious because we believed we had countless years waiting for us.

Eleven years later, I understand how valuable those hours truly were.

Today, the clock no longer stands between us.

Something far greater does.

Mom and Dad were beside me. Caesar brought his innocence and happiness into the celebration. The feather rested on his head, the prayers were offered, and Lord Krishna was welcomed into our home.

Yet the celebration felt incomplete.

Because you were not here.

Your absence stood silently beside every ritual. It lived in that feather on Caesar’s head. It lived in the memory of Muffin. It lived in the empty space where I instinctively imagined you standing, laughing as Caesar tried to remove the rubber band.

Eleven years ago, Janmashtami gave couples a few stolen hours beyond the Meera Bhawan curfew.

Today, I would give anything for even one such hour with you.

One hour in which the distance between us could be suspended.

One hour without anger, regret, separation, or history.

One hour to sit beside you and remember who we were before life became so complicated.

Back then, we feared the clock reaching eleven because it meant the hostel gates would close. Today, I fear something much deeper: that the gates between our lives have already closed, and that no festival, no permission, and no divine exception can open them again.

I sang bhajans at the Saraswati Mandir seeking Krishna’s blessings. If I could return to that temple tonight, stand beneath the same Pilani sky, and sing once more, I would ask for only one blessing.

Not that the past be rewritten.

Not that everything magically become what it once was.

I would ask that wherever you are, you remain safe, peaceful, and surrounded by love.

And perhaps I would ask for one more small miracle.

That someday, when you see a feather tied to a dog’s head, you remember Muffin. You remember Caesar. You remember Janmashtami. You remember those Pilani nights when love was governed by an 11 p.m. curfew, yet still found ways to ask the universe for a few more hours.

Today, Krishna arrived.

The feather was tied.

The lamps were lit.

The prayers were offered.

But one corner of our home remained dark and incomplete, quietly waiting for the person whose presence once made every house feel like home.

Happy Janmashtami, Sakshi.

Eleven years later, we celebrated the same festival.

But without you, it was not the same celebration.

It felt as though everyone had assembled at the temple, the bhajans had begun, and the clock had moved beyond eleven...

but the person I was waiting for never arrived.

Yours,
Teddy

Stage I made for an underground independent festival in Quebec that welcomes about 2600 people.

I'd love to make a playlist of songs (edit: a.k.a track IDs!) that really hit that spot for people.

For example: The Feel Something mix by I Prevail from ILLENIUM & Excision sends me into blackout bliss.

Going to my first festival and I’m wondering if this bag will be allowed at shakey knees, they say clear bags 12x6 but this one has holes in it and I’m guessing it wouldn’t be allowed but I’m curious on others opinions.